SuSE 5.2 Linux sendmail name resolution problem

[pwhysall]

I have a little network - a Solaris 7 box (paradise), and a small (486SX/8MB/120MB) SuSE 5.2 box (intrepid).<br>
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They're connected up via thin ethernet. In both directions, ftp and telnet are working fine.<br>
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The problem is this - sendmail on intrepid fails to resolve the name of paradise correctly. Both boxes have appropriate /etc/hosts files. sendmail on paradise will happily send mail to intrepid, where sendmail responds correctly ("sendmail -v peter@intrepid &lt;/dev/null" confirms this). Mail can therefore be correctly sent from paradise to intrepid, but not vice-versa.<br>
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As stated before, telnet and ftp are working correctly, and resolve the same names that sendmail fails on.

 

[joe]

what happens when you attempt to send mail from intrepid to paradise? logs/error messages etc.